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Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions
• Seniors – SALSA (Successfully Aging and Living in San

Antonio)Timeline

• Funding Priorities
• Writing a Compelling Grant Application
• Open Discussion and Closing

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2018 Discretionary Funding Opportunities

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• Annual Responsive
• Seniors - SALSA (Successfully Aging and Living in San Antonio) (application

available 8/20/18 with a deadline of 9/21/18 at 11:59 pm)

• Animal Services, Arts and Culture, and Community-at-Large (application is

currently closed)

• Biomedical Research (application available 10/29/18 with a deadline of 12/3/18 at

11:59 pm)

• Disaster Relief (applications are accepted & reviewed when there is a declared disaster)
• High School Completion (application is currently closed)
• Special and Urgent Needs (application available any time – there is no deadline)
• Strengthening Nonprofits (TBD)

Analysis of 2017 Annual Responsive Grants

Total amount requested Total amount awarded Number

• f grants

awarded Average grant amount

Cycle One:

Children and Youth $2,671,294 $525,694 23 $22,860 Medicine and Healthcare $2,022,274 $519,359 14 $37,100

Cycle Two:

Animal Services $978,558 $500,638 16 $31,290 Arts and Culture $2,207,791 $735,317 24 $30,640 Community-at-Large $2,710,727 $499,458 19 $26,290

Seniors

$942,531 $486,520 21 $23,170

Total

$11,533,175 $3,266,986 117

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2018 Seniors – SALSA Deadline and Additional Information

August 20, 2018 Senior – SALSA Application available on

website August 20th – Meet with applicants to discuss the Seniors

• Sept. 19th

– SALSA Application process

September 21st Grant application deadline at 11:59p.m. Late October Email Notification Letters to ED’s notifying them of the status of their Application November Site Visits Early December Email letters informing of awards or regrets Mid-December Contracts and checks mailed to recipients

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Review Process

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• Round 1 – Staff and Committee Chair
• Staff reviews, scores and recommends
• Committee Chair reviews and approves
• Round 2 – Full Committee
• Reviews
• Participates in site visits (as available)
• Scores
• Meets to discuss applications and determine

funding

SAMPLE of Scoring Tool

Please score each category from 1-5 using full range of scores. Highest score per application = 40

Please keep in mind that a score of 1 or 2 indicates a deficient response, a score of 3 indicates a strong response and a score of 4

• r 5 can be used for exceptional responses.

Organization/Title of Program

Requested Amount Strength of Organization (#1, mission, board/staff list) Program's benefit to community/ relationship to mission (#2, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, & #10) Alignment with funding priorities (#3, #9) Organization’s ability to complete & evaluate program (#5, #6, #11, #12 & program budget) Soundness

• f program

budget (#5, #6, & program budget) Relationship to the field (#13) Organization’s financial strength (program budget, financial summary, audit

• r balance sheet

& income and expenses) Overall strength

• f appl.

Rating

Agency ABC Mentoring Program

$30,9793 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 4 28 Agency DEF Helping Those in Need $34,000 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 29 Agency GHI Operating Expenses $8,500 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 24 Agency JKL Playground Renovation $50,000 2 2 3 2 1 3 1 2 16 Agency MNO Senior’s Program $15,000 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 35 Agency PQR: Back to School Program $15,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 32 7

• Conducted on a three year cycle or with a change in

leadership

• Helpful in understanding the organization and program
• An opportunity for Area Foundation staff and volunteers to

get a clearer sense of the work of your organization

• A time to ask questions of each other

Site Visits Are …

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• Endowments
• Debt reduction
• Operating deficits
• Indirect costs (costs that are not directly associated with program/project)
• Scholarships for colleges and universities (through this

process)

• Funds to individuals
• First 75% of capital campaign goals (through this process)
• Political activities, organizations, or lobbying efforts

intended to influence legislation

What We Do Not Fund

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SAAFdn Senior Initiative

SALSA (Successfully Aging and Living in San Antonio)

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Projected Growth for persons aged 60 years and older, Bexar County, Texas

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Source: Texas State Data Center, 2014 Projections for Bexar County.

Senior age group as a percent of total county population 60 years and older

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Selected characteristics of seniors 60 and older, Bexar County only

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Source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2010-2014, Table S0102

Our Why… Traditional approaches are not solving our toughest social problems

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COLLABORATIVE FOCUS

• Funders select individual grantees
• Nonprofits work separately and

compete

• Evaluation attempts to isolate a part
• f a particular organization’s impact
• Large scale change is assumed to

depend on scaling organizations

• Corporate and government sectors are
• ften disconnected from foundations

and nonprofits

• All players work toward the same goal and

measuring the same things

• Cross-sector alignment occurs, with government

and corporate sectors as essential partners

• Organizations actively coordinate their action and

share lessons learned

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• The WHO Global Network
• f Age-Friendly Cities and

Communities was established in 2010.

• The AARP Network of Age-

Friendly Communities was established in 2012 beginning with 8

• communities. To date, it has

grown to 122 communities and counting…

Transportation

• Funding of projects and/or programs to increase access to a variety of

affordable, accessible, and appropriate transportation options.

• Funding of projects and/or programs to increase capacity and availability of

transportation services and infrastructure.

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Caregiver Support

• Funding of projects and/or programs to increase access, availability and

capacity of services available for caregivers of aging populations.

• Funding of projects and/or programs to create awareness among caregivers

to better care for themselves as well as provide better care for aging persons and to link them to resources, trainings, and support networks.

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Socialization

• Funding of projects and/or programs to increase access, availability and

capacity to a variety of affordable, accessible, and appropriate socialization

• pportunities for aging populations.
• Funding of projects and/or programs to create awareness among aging

populations of existing resources and services.

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SALSA Annual Reports Available

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saafdn.org/Impact/InvestinginKeyIssueAreas/ SALSAInitiative.aspx

How do we cross-walk our work for Exponential Impact?

• COSA Housing Task Force
• Joint Commission on Elderly Affairs
• AACOG Bexar Senior Advisory Committee
• The Community Health Improvement Plan
• VIA 2040 Plan
• SA 2020
• SA Tomorrow
• Alamo Area MPO
• ConnectSA

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Compelling Grant Applications

• The Essentials
• Narrative Questions
• Financials
• Q & A

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The Essentials

• Make sure your program is a fit with our funding priorities
• Be clear
• Be concise
• Follow directions
• Check your work

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Q1: Organization Description/Background

(1,000 characters)

Describe your organization (# of staff and/or volunteers, clients served annually by entire organization, date founded, core services, impact or major accomplishments, vision for next 5 years, etc.)

• Choose the most relevant facts – Not ALL of them
• “Less is more” – We don’t need your entire history!
• If your agency is complex, give a brief summary
• Highlight “special” facts, such as heavy use of

volunteers

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Q2: Problem or Need

(1,250 characters)

Describe the problem or need your program will address.

• This is the motive for the program, not the program

description

• Start with broad issues and work toward

specific/local ones

• Write in terms of your clients’ needs
• Again, do NOT describe your program here!

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• Q2. Problem or Need

Tips for your Need Statement

• Use Current data
• Current Census data
• Google Scholar
• http:/nowdata.cinow.info
• Area Foundation library resources
• Compare local data to state and national data

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• Q3. Fit with Funder Mission

(500 characters)

Describe how the program is related to the funding focus for the program area in which you are submitting.

• Here’s you chance to make your case, just in case

it’s not obvious to the funder

• For the Area Foundation, see our “Measuring our

Grant Impact” document at www.saafdn.org Nonprofits Grants Measuring Grantmaking Impact

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Seniors – SALSA Funding Priorities

• Seniors - SALSA

Programs and services that enable older adults to live healthy, safe and vibrant lives.

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• Q4. People to be Served

(1,000 characters)

Describe the people to be served by this program

(with info such as, gender, ethnicity, geographic

area, income and/or poverty level)

• Profile of who you expect to serve
• Put in context of funding priorities

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Q5: Program/Project Description

(1,250 characters)

Now we know what the problem is, what are you going to do about it?

• Describe your activities and timeline
• THIS is where you explain your program. Sell it!

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Q6: Use of Funds

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Briefly describe how the funds will be used.

• THIS is where you will describe how the

funds will be used if awarded (i.e., Funds will

be used for the salary of one counselor ($12,000) who specializes in child and family counseling and the salary for one marketing/outreach coordinator ($15,000)

Q7-A: If an Ongoing Program/Project

(1,250 characters)

How’s the program going? What’s new?

• Past indicators of success – client outcomes

(statistics), anecdotes, or client testimonials.

• Challenges – things you’ve learned about how

to improve the program.

• Recent enhancements – if it’s a program that’s

been around for awhile and you’ve recently improved it, please share!

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Q7-B: If a New Program/Project

(1,250 characters)

Explain why you think this will work – how will your program succeed in helping people?

• Input from clients
• Evidence-based data and key studies that support it.

Your approach does not have to be evidence-based, especially if it’s a safety-net program.

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Q8: Do You Plan to Collaborate?

(1,000 characters)

…on THIS program?

• If you have partners to make this program more

effective, please explain their role.

• Will any grant funds be used to pay partners, or

will they provide the services in-kind?

This question does not imply that you are required to collaborate with other agencies. This is your opportunity to showcase that feature if you are collaborating.

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Q9: Fit with your Mission

(750 characters)

How does this program fit with your

• rganization mission?
• It is incumbent on you to communicate this!
• If we don’t see a good fit, we will not fund it.

This is a chance to ask yourself whether this program will advance your mission.

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Q10: Program Sustainability

(500 characters)

Other plans to sustain this program? We understand that most nonprofits depend on grants, so that’s not the issue.

• Will you raise money from individual donors?
• Will the project generate any revenues?

(ticket sales, medical co-payments, etc.)

• Any innovative ideas to help make this program

pay for itself or be more cost-effective?

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Q11: Program/Project Evaluation

(1,000 characters)

What change will occur in client’s lives as a result of this program? How will you know this has happened?

• How will people’s lives improve? Relate to the

problem or need statement.

• If your program does not produce lasting change in

clients’ lives, discuss other ways the program makes a difference.

• Identify measurement tools you will use – qualitative
• r quantitative (hint: “SMART” goals—specific, measurable,

attainable, relevant, time bound)

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Q12: Metrics to be Tracked

(1,000 characters)

What specific metrics will you track to evaluate your results? Please list 2-3 of these metrics and include your anticipated results

Examples #1 We expect to serve 1,000 meals. #2 We expect to provide after school programming to 250 children. #3 We expect to log 750 volunteer hours.

You will be asked to report back on these measurements as a part of your final report!

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Q13: Relationship to the Field

(1,250 characters)

What other nonprofit organizations in your area provide similar services? How are your services or approach different from theirs?

• It is rare that you would be the “only” agency

doing similar work. Check who else is out there.

• Do you compete or collaborate? Both?
• “Different” is not necessarily a judgment – it could

be that you meet different needs or serve different geographic areas.

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The Budget

Know your numbers!

• It helps to prepare your budget before you begin

answering the questions.

• Make sure that your budget aligns with Question 6.
• No surprises!
• Be specific, thorough and realistic.
• Include in-kind donations in the income and the

expense sections (including volunteer time).

• You MUST use the forms provided.

http://www.independentsector.org/programs/research/volunteer_time.htm

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Finalize and Check Before You Submit

Double-check that all questions are answered and all attachments are included!

• Reread the answers. Check for spelling and grammar

errors.

• Have someone else read it and check it.
• Print a copy to see that all required documents are

attached.

• It’s okay to submit before the deadline!
• You have until 11:59 the day of the deadline, but no
• ne will be available to assist you after 4:00 pm.

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For Information or Assistance

• Catherine Garcia, Grants Manager, cgarcia@saafdn.org,

(210) 228-3757 (for technical issues related to the online application)

• Jenna Gonzales, Program Associate, jgonzales@saafdn.org,

(210-228-3754)

• Gavin Nichols, Director, gnichols@saafdn.org, (210) 242-4720
• Lydia Saldaña, Director, Annual Responsive & Biomedical

Research Grants, lsaldana@saafdn.org, (210) 228-3753

• For more information, see www.saafdn.org/AnnualResponsiveGrants

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Making our community stronger …

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We appreciate the work you do!